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Japan plans to extend its sanctions against North Korea for two more years when they expire April 13 after failing to get promised updates on an investigation into kidnappings of Japanese citizens decades ago, a government spokesman said March 31.

SEOUL--Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye held a brief conversation on the sidelines of the March 29 state funeral for former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore, who died earlier this month.

WASHINGTON--U.S. President Barack Obama will host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House next month for talks expected to focus on their joint response to China's rising power and efforts to finalize a major Asia-Pacific trade pact.

WASHINGTON--Chinese Embassy officials in the United States went on a phone call frenzy in November to present their spin on a planned joint statement agreed upon just hours earlier concerning Japan-China relations.